Chapter 123: A White Horse Is Not a Horse (Part 1)
The black-faced doorman saw Zhao Xin reaching out and grab his hand holding the whip, subconsciously trying to break free, but felt his arms as if they were trapped between two iron hoops. He immediately stared at Zhao Xin with wide eyes and said in surprise, "What are you doing? Do you want to rebel?"
Seeing that the leader was being restrained, several subordinates around him slapped Zhao Xin and did not dare to come forward rashly, but just confronted each other.
Zhao Xin smiled and let go of his arms, raised his hands to indicate that he was not hostile. He looked over and approached the black-faced doorman's ear and said, "I'm doing this for your own good."
The black-faced doorman rubbed his arm that was being pinched and hurt, looking at Zhao Xin, estimating his origin. He was stunned when he heard what he said, and said strangely, "What do you mean?"
Zhao Xin smiled "hehe" and lowered his voice, "Look at that crazy man, although he is not amazing, he has extraordinary conversation. If he is appreciated by the powerful and become a disciple in the future, if he holds a grudge against you, you will be in great trouble."
The black-faced storeman was shocked and suddenly thought of this possibility. Seeing Zhao Xin, who was not ordinary in both dress and speaking, he became more and more sure in his heart.
You should know that in today's world, in order to expand their strength, the famous families and powerful families in various countries have taken the principle of raising scholars, and among them, Mengchangjun Tian Wen raised 3,000 guests. Therefore, even if you come from a poor family, you mainly have a skill, even if you are a rooster crowing and a dog thief, you will be invited by the powerful.
At the same time, in order to show his eagerness to seek talents, the powerful often make some amazing moves. It would be as easy as killing an ant as if he were a small soldier.
Thinking of this, the black-faced storeman couldn't help but change his expression, and he was secretly glad that the whip was not whipped off.
He was a straightforward person and thought Zhao Xin was doing his best, so he stepped forward and thanked him in a low voice. "Thank you for your help, my son."
Zhao Xin waved his hand and said, "No need, I saw that you are also loyal to your duties, so I gave a reminder."
The black-faced doorman nodded repeatedly, looked at Gongsun Long, who was still calm on the side, and looked at Zhao Xin with a puzzled look, "It's just that, the strict orders from above and below prohibit the Qin horse from entering. If this gentleman rode the Qin horse into Handan, I'm afraid I'm going to be in great trouble."
Speaking of this, the black-faced doorman turned his head and looked at Gongsun Long with a pitiful look, hoping that he could give in. However, Gongsun Longtou shook his head and shook his head and said, "My Gongsun Long has no body and is clean and honest. This white horse is my only family. The horse is there, and the horse is dead, and the people are dead. The soldiers can be killed and not humiliated. If you have to leave this horse, my Gongsun Long would rather wipe his neck and commit suicide."
Zhao Xin couldn't help laughing as he heard what Gongsun Long said, even Ran Min, who was watching the fun behind him, couldn't help but smile, and found it interesting.
Seeing that the two of them were still staring at the big eyes, Zhao Xin simply smiled and walked forward, looked around the white horse carefully, and said to the black-faced servant. "I know some horse-like techniques. This horse is fat and strong, with bright eyes, and shiny hair. If you suffer from horse plague, how could you travel thousands of miles from Qin to Handan to still be so strong?"
The black-faced storeman hesitated for a moment and said, "After that being said, I cannot afford to take responsibility for my dereliction of duty."
Zhao Xin smiled slightly, fortunately, he was meticulous in the end, took out the Yulin Fujie from his arms and shook it in front of the black-faced storeman, and said, "If you Shangguan wants to hold you accountable, let him come to Yulin Camp to find me, how can you do it?"
"Can we let us go into the city now?"
Although the black-faced gatekeeper was just a small city gatekeeper, he was also a knowledgeable person. Naturally, he would not be unable to recognize this as a talisman held by a senior Yulin officer. He was overjoyed and did not dare to hesitate at all. He nodded and agreed and asked his subordinates to make way for the way.
Seeing that the audience was no longer lively, they scattered and the city gate was suddenly empty. Gongsun Long did not rush to enter the city, but walked towards Zhao Xin and the others with a smile, bowing and thanking him. "Thank you, thank you, thank you for helping this little brother, otherwise Gongsun would not be able to escape the pain of flesh and blood. I have always heard that the people in Zhao are fierce. When I see you today, I tsk tsk tsk, it turns out that way."
Zhao Xin laughed and said, "Brother Gongsun is biased if he talks too much. Zhao people are honest and generous and tragic, but not all of them like to make trouble. Although Brother Gongsun is full of witty words today, he has done the wrong place. The soldiers are just vulgar people, so how can they have the leisure to argue with you? You talk about the mystery with a clever tongue with him. Wouldn't you ask for trouble and not be worth the loss?"
Gongsun Long shook his head and said, "It's not true, Confucius has a cloud, and it's enough to die in the evening. My Gongsun Long called himself a 3-inch tongue, and the clerk could not argue with me, and he had already admitted defeat. Since I had won, what's the big deal about some flesh and blood."
Zhao Xin couldn't help but feel a little funny when he heard his "fallacies". He didn't want to argue with him, so he bowed and said, "I'm so busy that I'm having a big deal. I still have important things to do, so I'll say goodbye."
Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Ran Min, who was behind him, stepped forward a few steps and said, "Is this Mr. Gongsun, who is famous for the Qin and Wei countries for his 'Kanbaishi II'?"
Gongsun Long looked at Ran Min with surprise and said, "You have heard of this lady?"
Ran Min smiled slightly and said, "Of course, Mr. Gongsun was praised as the number one famous scholar at the Daliang Lanling Association with his perfect tongue. Although the young woman was ignorant, she had heard of some famous masters."
Gongsun Long laughed and felt a little proud. Ran Min said the thing he was most proud of in his life. At the annual Daliang Lanling Conference, an eloquent and eloquent scholar from all schools of thought gathered here to debate their own views, called making friends, and in fact, it was a competition. The famous scholars are the weaker branches of the hundreds of schools of thought, far less than those of Confucianism, Taoism, Law, Military, Mo, etc., but they are famous for their fickleness. Gongsun Long is the best among famous scholars.
"Stiff and White Stone Two" is the theory that Gongsun Long insisted on, which means that the two attributes of "white" and "hard" of a stone are completely separate concepts. According to his statement, people look at it with their eyes and do not know that the stone is hard, but can only see that the stone is white. The stone then has no attribute of "hard"; but when you touch it with your hands, you don't know that the stone is white, but you only know that it is hard. At this time, the stone has no attribute of "white color".
In the former case, "hard" is hidden. In the latter case, "white" is hidden. This is called "self-hiding", which is the fundamental source of Gongsun Long's academic studies and the theoretical basis for his verbal statement that "a white horse is not a horse".
It is just that famous scholars use sophistry to learn about the world, and they do not obey the previous kings. They are not etiquette and righteous, and are mostly straitors and are not recognized by most scholars in the world. Therefore, although Gongsun Long is a representative figure of famous scholars, he is not very famous. Seeing that Ran Min knew him at a young age, he was a little surprised and said, "I haven't asked about the names of the two."
"Zhao Xin."
"Ran Min."
Gongsun Long nodded inwardly, "Oh, it turned out to be Brother Zhao and Miss Ran. I thought that Zhao State valued martial arts and was not literary, and his literary style was not long. Now when I saw two young people talking and temperament, I realized that I was shallow."
Ran Min, Gongsun Long, was very interested and asked, "Mr. Gongsun, I have heard that you have 'different similarities and differences, and are separated from the white' for a long time. I believe that the 'hard' and 'white' of a stone are two completely different attributes. The little woman disagrees in her heart. Hard and white are inherent attributes of stones. Whether you look or touch, it is there, but the gentleman strips the two from the attributes of the stone. Isn't that a big mistake?"
Gongsun Long obviously had experience with this kind of problem, and he was not panicked when he heard this, but just replied without thinking; "'The so-called scene of a bird has not moved.' The scene is a shadow, and the shadow of a bird is not moving. At every moment, the shadow of a bird can be considered to be immovable."
"In the same way, firm and white are separated from each other. If there is a hard white stone, when you look at it with your eyes, you only have 'get what it is white' and only have a white stone; if you touch it with your hands, you only have 'get what it is strong' and only have a hard stone. When you feel white, you cannot feel firm, and when you feel firm, you cannot feel white. Therefore, from the perspective of epistemology, there is only 'white stone' without 'hard white stone'. This is the meaning of 'no firm and white stone'; if you feel white, you are two, and if you feel white, you are two."
ps: I guess everyone is a little dizzy when they see these logical propositions of "Strange White Stone II" and "White Horse is Not Horse" so Jiangnan tried to explain them in some easy-to-understand language. It was not that I wanted to be sober, but because this book was set up to involve a large number of theories of various schools of thought. As one of the schools, famous artists, as one of the three-inch lobbyist family, will have no less chance of appearing. That era was also the period when Gongsun Long was active in Zhao State, and I was very interested in his proposition and logic of "White Horse is Not Horse".
Chapter completed!